''Daira speciosa'' is an extinct species of

crab Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...

that lived in the

Paratethys The Paratethys sea, Paratethys ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys was a large shallow inland sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia. Paratethys was peculiar due to its pa ...

sea during the

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and means "less recen ...

period. It was up to long.

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* http://zipcodezoo.com/Animals/D/Daira_speciosa/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20120326005503/http://paleotm.com/daira/ Crabs Miocene crustaceans Prehistoric animals of Europe Neogene animals of Africa Fossil taxa described in 1871 {{Paleo-crustacean-stub